"bottom), similar to that of former Yugoslavia. The first Westendorp alternative flag was a highly similar one to today's flag, a diagonally divided top-hoist to bottom-fly yellow over light blue flag with line of 9 white five-pointed stars in the light blue field along the diagonal. The only major difference was that the colour of the background was UN blue. The second Carlos Westendorp alternative flag is a light blue flag (United Nations flag colours) with 5 bars interchangeably coming out of hoist and not reaching the other end. The colours are interchangeably yellow and white. In the third alternative"
"Parachutes (album) Parachutes is the debut studio album by the British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 10 July 2000 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom. The album was produced by the band and British record producer Ken Nelson, except for one track, ""High Speed"", which was produced by Chris Allison. ""Parachutes"" has spawned the hit singles ""Shiver"", ""Yellow"", ""Trouble"", and ""Don't Panic"". The album was a commercial success, and was met with positive reviews. Upon release, the album quickly reached number one in the United Kingdom, and has since been certified 8× Platinum. In the United States, the"
"UK Singles Chart on 17 August 2002, kept off the top by ""Colourblind"" by Darius Danesh. It stayed in the chart until 23 November 2002. The song reached number seventeen on ""Billboard's"" Hot Modern Rock Tracks in 2002. The band were yet to have a number one single. In 2005, ""Speed of Sound"", the lead single of the band's third album, ""X&Y"", also reached number two, but never the number one position. ""Speed of Sound"" was marked as Coldplay's most successful single until ""Viva la Vida"", reached number one in 2008. A live recording of ""In My Place"" from Glastonbury"
"to think about what we can do next."" Coldplay Technical Additional personnel Works cited Parachutes (album) Parachutes is the debut studio album by the British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 10 July 2000 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom. The album was produced by the band and British record producer Ken Nelson, except for one track, ""High Speed"", which was produced by Chris Allison. ""Parachutes"" has spawned the hit singles ""Shiver"", ""Yellow"", ""Trouble"", and ""Don't Panic"". The album was a commercial success, and was met with positive reviews. Upon release, the album quickly reached number one in the"
"four, giving the band their first Top 10 single in the United Kingdom. The popularity of the song in British clubs, pubs and sporting events bolstered the album to debut at number one on the UK Albums Chart. As of February 2015, the song has sold 530,000 copies in the UK. ""Yellow"" achieved popularity in the United States, and was Coldplay's first American hit. The single charted on eight different ""Billboard"" singles charts; it also topped various US modern-rock radio playlists in the spring of 2001. The single performed as it did in Europe and has helped ""Parachutes"" be certified"
"10 on VH1's Top 40 of 2005. Speed of Sound (song) ""Speed of Sound"" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their third studio album, ""X&Y"" (2005). Constructed around a piano and guitar riff, the song builds into a huge, synthesiser-heavy chorus. It was released by Parlophone Records as the lead single from the album. ""Speed of Sound"" was released in the US and UK on 18 April 2005, and then made its radio premiere on BBC Radio 1 with Lamacq on the day of the release on 19"
"in the middle, and yellow at the end of the video. Coldplay have performed the song throughout their career, and it is a firm audience favourite. The song had its debut performance on television on the show ""Later...with Jools Holland"". They performed ""Parachutes""'s lead single, ""Shiver"", and the new song, ""Yellow""; but it was the latter that had an immediate studio audience impact. They have also performed it at the Glastonbury Festival, one of the prominent festivals in Europe. During their second appearance in July 2000, Coldplay performed ""Yellow"" and ""effortlessly"" captured over 10,000 spectators. Coldplay's popularity at this time"
"the hit singles ""Yellow"" and ""Trouble"". Coldplay and their record label, Parlophone, settled on ""Don't Panic"", which at the time was an audience favourite. The single was eventually released on 19 March 2001 in some European regions. The single is accompanied by the live tracks ""You Only Live Twice"", a theme song for the James Bond film of the same name, and ""Bigger Stronger"", a song taken from the band's first EP release; these live tracks were recorded during their performance at the Rockefeller Music Hall in Norway. Like their other songs, Coldplay has refused several offers to use ""Don't"
"common dream pop melodies similar to Gene frontman Martin Rossiter"" and singled out ""Such a Rush"" as being outstanding. All songs written by Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin. The Blue Room (EP) The Blue Room is the second EP released by British rock band Coldplay, and their first release after signing with the Parlophone label in October 1999. The version of ""Don't Panic"" featured on this release is different from the one that appears on the band's later debut LP, ""Parachutes"". The fourth track, ""High Speed"", also made the cut for ""Parachutes"" although it remained unchanged."
"Speed of Sound (song) ""Speed of Sound"" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their third studio album, ""X&Y"" (2005). Constructed around a piano and guitar riff, the song builds into a huge, synthesiser-heavy chorus. It was released by Parlophone Records as the lead single from the album. ""Speed of Sound"" was released in the US and UK on 18 April 2005, and then made its radio premiere on BBC Radio 1 with Lamacq on the day of the release on 19 April. The single was pressed with two"
"Don't Panic (Coldplay song) ""Don't Panic"" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. Originally titled ""Panic"", the earliest known version of the song existed in 1998, performed live during the band's first gig in the same year. It had a different melody, and was included in the band's third EP, ""The Blue Room"". The track was reproduced by Coldplay and British producer Ken Nelson for the band's debut album, ""Parachutes"". Following their successful releases in 2000, Coldplay and their record label Parlophone thought there was enough exposure of the album in the United Kingdom. Thus, the decision of"
"heir to the Brit-rock throne."" The song has since been regarded as the centerpiece track on the album. The song was featured in Richard Linklater's film ""Boyhood"". Citations Sources Yellow (Coldplay song) ""Yellow"" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. The band wrote the song and co-produced it with British record producer Ken Nelson for their debut album, ""Parachutes"" (2000). The song was recorded in March 2000, and released in June that same year as the second single from ""Parachutes"", following Shiver, and the lead single in the United States. ""Yellow"" reached number four in the UK Singles"
"initially released as EPs in the spring of 2000. The former was later released as a single in United Kingdom on 26 June 2000. In the United States, the song was released as the lead single from the then-untitled debut album. In October 2000, the track was sent to US college and alternative radio outlets. Coldplay released their first studio album, ""Parachutes"", on 10 July 2000 in the United Kingdom via their record label, Parlophone. The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. It was released on 7 November 2000 by record label Nettwerk in North America."
"surrounding the band's first album."" Jules Willis of the BBC wrote: ""The second track, the first written post-Parachutes and sounding like a refugee from that album, is the grower 'In My Place'. It's a fantastic pop tune that justifies Coldplay's status as one of UK's most exciting bands."" Coldplay released ""In My Place"" in the US and UK on 5 August 2002 as the album's lead single. The single was pressed with two B-sides: ""One I Love"" and ""I Bloom Blaum"". The single cover features Buckland, with art directed by Sølve Sundsbø. ""In My Place"" peaked at number two on"
"2003, the song was also featured on Coldplay's live album ""Live 2003"". In 2004, it was on the romantic comedy film ""Garden State""; director Zach Braff handpicked songs, including ""Don't Panic"", for the film's Grammy Award-winning compilation album, ""Garden State: Music From The Motion Picture"". The song was also featured on the debut episode of the FX television series ""Rescue Me"" as well as the pilot episode of the short-lived show ""Odyssey 5"". Additionally, the song was featured in episode nine of the first series on the British TV series ""Sugar Rush"" in 2005. On 19 July 2011, the song"
"with their massively hyped debut single, ""Crossroads"". Their success slowly decline throughout their career. Coldplay released their second album, a follow-up to ""Parachutes""; ""A Rush of Blood to the Head"" included several hit singles and they became one of the few early 2000s era British acts to achieve fame and popularity in the US. Having topped the singles charts three times, Atomic Kitten also scored a No. 1 album with their 3rd release, ""Feels So Good"". The album spawned two top 3 hits as well as their 3rd chart topper. Twelve months after he hit the top with his debut"
"Coldplay abandoned their initial plan of releasing ""Don't Panic"" as the album's fourth single, after they deemed three singles were enough for an album. Despite this, however, it was released as a single in some European regions. Since its release, ""Parachutes"" has earned the band a large array of awards. The album won Best Album at the 2000 ""Q Magazine"" Awards, and was nominated at the 2000 Mercury Music Prize. The following year, the band earned Best Alternative Music Album at the Grammy Awards and Best British Album at the BRIT Awards. ""Parachutes"" was released to generally favorable reviews from"
"The Blue Room (EP) The Blue Room is the second EP released by British rock band Coldplay, and their first release after signing with the Parlophone label in October 1999. The version of ""Don't Panic"" featured on this release is different from the one that appears on the band's later debut LP, ""Parachutes"". The fourth track, ""High Speed"", also made the cut for ""Parachutes"" although it remained unchanged. The first track, ""Bigger Stronger"" and fifth track, ""Such a Rush"", are re-releases from the ""Safety"" EP, and are the same on both EPs. ""See You Soon"" would later become a regular"
"Room"" in 1999. ""The Blue Room"" was their first release on a major label, after signing to Parlophone. Coldplay achieved worldwide fame with the release of the song ""Yellow"" in 2000, followed in the same year by their debut album ""Parachutes,"" which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The band's second album, ""A Rush of Blood to the Head"" (2002), was released to critical acclaim and won many awards, including ""NME""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Album of the Year. Their next release, ""X&Y"", the best-selling album worldwide in 2005, received mostly positive reviews, though some critics felt it was inferior to its predecessor. Their"
"weeks and also provided the group with their first and only UK singles chart topper, ""Breathless"". Despite being successful in its own right, ""In Blue"" failed to match the unbeatable records set by ""Talk on Corners"" the previous year. Coldplay are met with great critical acclaim worldwide with the release of their debut album, ""Parachutes"". Their debut single ""Shiver"" made No. 35 which was a poor start, however their success quickly grew with the two follow-up singles both hitting the Top 10 (""Yellow"" No. 4 and ""Trouble"" #10) and their album hitting the top of the chart. They were very"
"Top 40 single, it was ""Yellow"" that has changed ""everything"", and that it ""exemplifies so much of what had made Coldplay so popular"". In the US, after it was being used in promos of ABC, the band grew in popularity which continued in 2001. According to Barry Walters in his review of Coldplay's second album, ""A Rush of Blood to the Head"", for ""Spin"" magazine, the band is still known in the United States for their ""surprise smash 'Yellow'"". A ""Billboard"" magazine review said, ""After one single ('Yellow') and its accompanying album (""Parachutes"" ... ), Coldplay have already been anointed"
"Chris Martin Christopher Anthony John Martin (Born 2 March 1977) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and philanthropist. He is the lead singer and co-founder of the rock band Coldplay. Born in Exeter in Devon, Martin went to University College London where he formed a rock band with Jonny Buckland in 1996 called Pectoralz, which was eventually renamed Coldplay in 1998. Martin, along with the other Coldplay members, achieved worldwide fame with the release of the band's single ""Yellow"" in 2000, a song that also earned the band their first Grammy Award nomination in the Grammy Award for"
"guitar tones and a nice grooving back beat, and I love the way the song ends."" The music video for ""Don't Panic"" was directed by Tim Hope. The video starts off with an animated diagram of the water cycle, then portrays the band as two-dimensional paper cutouts doing household chores, when suddenly disaster strikes the earth in the forms of floods, volcanoes and electric shocks. Like Coldplay's earlier music videos, ""Don't Panic"" also features the yellow globe on the cover of ""Parachutes"". Don't Panic (Coldplay song) ""Don't Panic"" is a song by the British rock band Coldplay. Originally titled ""Panic"","
"bit like...""Clocks"" but without the swagger."" ""Speed of Sound"" was beaten to the number one spot on the UK Singles Chart by the novelty song ""Axel F"" by the Crazy Frog, instead peaking at number two for a week, although it did stay in the Top 75 for sixteen non-consecutive weeks. However, it became Coldplay's first UK download number one. It also became Coldplay's first and (at that point) biggest single to chart in the top 10 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, debuting as well as peaking at number eight, making it the band's most successful single until ""Viva la"
"Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty) ""Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)"" is a song by British duo Oxide & Neutrino, members of the So Solid Crew, which peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 6 May 2000. The track features a sample from the theme tune to BBC medical drama ""Casualty"". It was the first of six non-consecutive Top 20 hit singles. The song was first released in 1999 on white label, simply titled ""Casualty"". While the record appeared on ""Top of the Pops"" in its Number One week, many radio stations refused to play ""Bound 4 Da"
"B-sides: ""Things I Don't Understand"" and ""Proof"". The song premiered in the UK on 23 May. Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin admitted that the song was developed after the band had listened to English art rock singer Kate Bush. Upon the song's release, it charted in the UK Singles Chart in the number two position. In the United States, it debuted at number eight on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, their first top ten hit in the country, and their most successful song until ""Viva la Vida"" reached number one in 2008. ""Speed of Sound"" was recognised Song of the Year by"
"UK, and whose album ""International Velvet"" (1998) reached number one, but they were unable to make much impact in the US and, after personal problems, broke up at the end of the century. Other Welsh bands were Stereophonics, and Feeder. These acts were followed by a number of bands who shared aspects of their music, including Snow Patrol from Northern Ireland and Elbow, Embrace, Starsailor, Doves, Electric Pyramid and Keane from England. The most commercially successful band in the milieu were Coldplay, whose debut album ""Parachutes"" (2000) went multi-platinum and helped make them one of the most popular acts in"
"Trouble (Coldplay song) ""Trouble"" is a song by British rock band Coldplay, for their debut album, ""Parachutes"" (2000). The band wrote the song and co-produced it with British record producer Ken Nelson. The song's arrangement is built around the acoustic piano. The song was released on 26 October 2000 as the album's third single. It reached number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, making it the band's second top 10 single in the country. Although ""Trouble"" failed to chart on the United States, the music press deemed it almost as successful as its predecessor, ""Yellow"". In Iceland the song peaked"
"has stated that it is their ""favorite video they ever made"". Violet Hill ""Violet Hill"" is a song by British rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their fourth album, ""Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends"" (2008). Built around a repeating guitar sound, it utilises a marching tempo, supported by the pianos and rhythms that accompany the song's lyrics. The song was initially made available as a free download on the band's website and was downloaded more than two million times. Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin revealed that the song had been"
"A Rush of Blood to the Head A Rush of Blood to the Head is the second studio album by British rock band Coldplay. It was released on 26 August 2002 by Parlophone in the United Kingdom, and a day later by Capitol Records in the United States. The album was produced by the band and producer Ken Nelson. Recording started after the band became popular worldwide with the release of their debut album ""Parachutes"" (2000), and one of its singles in particular, ""Yellow"". The album makes greater use of the electric guitar and piano than its predecessor. The album"
"and was one of six songs played at Coldplay's first gig in 1998 at Camden's Laurel Tree. This version has a different melody, and the lyrics are an account of a ""slightly disastrous evening Chris had spent entertaining a young lady called Alice Hill"". Eventually, the title became ""Don't Panic."" The original version of ""Don't Panic"" was recorded in 1999, different from the version featured in ""Parachutes"". First, lead singer Chris Martin plays the piano during the bridge. As well, there is a feedback-distorted introduction. This version was included in ""The Blue Room"" EP, released in October 1999. For Coldplay's"
"the iconic red, white and blue Union Jack mini-dress, which became an enduring image of the Cool Britannia era. In 2009, British artists topped the decade end ranking, with ""Chasing Cars"" by Snow Patrol announced as the most widely played song of the decade in the UK, and ""Back to Bedlam"" by James Blunt the best selling album of the 2000s in the UK. Other successful 2000s UK acts include Dido, Arctic Monkeys, Mika, Bullet for My Valentine and Bring Me the Horizon. Since the early-2000s, British hip hop and grime has become increasingly popular, mainly within the youth of"
"""Live 2003"". As they have for their other songs, Coldplay has refused to accept several offers to use ""Trouble"" for promotional tools. In 2004, the band rejected a multi-million Euro offer from Diet Coke and Gap to use the song and ""Don't Panic"", the fourth single from the album. They asked manager Phil Harvey to not refer such offers to them because ""a discussion might lead to compromise"". American actor Sylvester Stallone was interested to use the song for the soundtrack of his 2001 film ""Driven"", but the band declined. The song was used in the season 1 finale of"